Here is another example from a current project: (Here there is an option to
trap, if desired… but many more options not to)
(Note: The commented out bit was an attempt to get the compiler to play nicer
with intuiting the type, but it didn’t help… leaving as data)
struct HashableBox:Hashable {
private let _value:Any
private let _hash:Int
private let _eq:(Any)->Bool
enum Error:ErrorType {
case typeMismatch
}
init<T:Hashable>(_ value:T){
self._value = value
self._hash = value.hashValue
self._eq = { other in
guard let otherT = other as? T else {return false}
return value == otherT
}
}
func valueOrCrash<T:Hashable>(msg:String? = nil) -> T {
guard let value = _value as? T else {
let msg = msg ?? "Attempt to retrieve value of type
\(self._value.dynamicType) as \(T.self)"
fatalError(msg)
}
return value
}
func valueOrNil<T:Hashable>() -> T? {//(type:T.Type = T.self) -> T? {
return self._value as? T
}
func valueOrError<T:Hashable>()throws -> T {
guard let value = _value as? T else {throw Error.typeMismatch}
return value
}
var asAny:Any {
return _value
}
var hashValue: Int {
return _hash
}
}
func == (lhs:HashableBox, rhs:HashableBox) -> Bool {
return lhs._eq(rhs)
}
Thanks,
Jon
> On Jun 11, 2016, at 3:25 AM, Jonathan Hull <jh...@gbis.com> wrote:
>
>
>> If your code has many manual type erasing wrappers corresponding to
>> protocols with associated types and/or Self requirements that also never
>> have to trap type mismatches, that would certainly be instructive
>> empirical data. Would you care to share the protocols and wrappers you
>> are talking about?
> This code is a bit embarrassing (I wrote most of it as I was still learning
> Swift), but if it is helpful I will share:
> https://gist.github.com/jonhull/639e756ad5228348f93f40f06169588c
> <https://gist.github.com/jonhull/639e756ad5228348f93f40f06169588c>
>
> It doesn’t trap anywhere (that I know about). Some of the code which calls it
> does throw an error in the case of mismatched types (but it doesn’t/shouldn't
> crash). Most functions which use it are generic on the associatedType.
>
> It does work fairly well though (even on the AppleWatch). The main issue is
> that I have no way to persist the values which have been drawn into the
> type-erased world (or even the value-type world, really).
>
> Also, if anyone has a better way to write the type erasing wrapper, I would
> love to hear it. These are very memory intensive…
>
> Thanks,
> Jon
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